If we have a problem with reading/writing in Cyrillic on terminal, for example xfce4-terminal, probably we do not have a support for en_US.utf8 locale.
First we must check our locales list with:
root@debian:~# locale -a
If output is something like this:
C C.UTF-8 POSIX
We are missing “en_US.utf8” locale and here is our problem with the Cyrillic.
So lets install “locales” if its not already installed on the system.
root@debian:~# apt-get install locales
Now we have to make “en_US.utf8” default locale for our system. But first lets make locale-gen for en_Us. For that purpose run:
root@debian:~# locale-gen en_US en_US.UTF-8
and then:
root@debian:~# dpkg-reconfigure locales
In the new window opened, find “en_US.UTF-8 UTF8” select it and click OK.
Chose “en_US.UTF-8” as default locale for the system environment and click OK.
We have to see “Generation complete.”
Reboot, and now we can read Cyrillic in our terminal.